Brooklyn Bridge Park Harvest Festival

Brooklyn Bridge Park's free Harvest Festival returns October 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Families can hear live music and storytelling, make arts and crafts, play lawn games, try face painting, and join educational activities.

The park states the event is free and family-friendly, with a weather caveat typical of outdoor waterfront programming. Pier lawns and skyline views are part of the setting.

Dress for wind off the water, and treat the four-hour window as a focused afternoon rather than an all-day fair.